#F9DAEC is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F9DAEC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F9DAEC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Pink sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Pastel Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Pink keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Pastel Pink is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Pastel Pink carrying the quiet middle.
Pastel Pink sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #F9DAEC actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #F9DAEC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F9DAEC;
--color-base-rgb: 249 218 236;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.9% 0.041 342.2);
--color-50: #FDF1F8;
--color-100: #FADBED;
--color-200: #F3B9DB;
--color-300: #E689BF;
--color-400: #D55DA3;
--color-500: #BA3B85;
--color-600: #8E3468;
--color-700: #642A4C;
--color-800: #421F33;
--color-900: #281520;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FDF1F8',
100: '#FADBED',
200: '#F3B9DB',
300: '#E689BF',
400: '#D55DA3',
500: '#BA3B85',
600: '#8E3468',
700: '#642A4C',
800: '#421F33',
900: '#281520',
},
}
$base: #F9DAEC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF1F8; $base-100: #FADBED; $base-200: #F3B9DB; $base-300: #E689BF; $base-400: #D55DA3; $base-500: #BA3B85; $base-600: #8E3468; $base-700: #642A4C; $base-800: #421F33; $base-900: #281520; $base-hover: #EC8BC4; $base-subtle: #FCF6F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F9DAEC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3B9DB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E689BF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D55DA3",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BA3B85",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E3468",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642A4C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F33",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281520",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}